Sportscover confirmed as Official Insurance Partner for British Weight Lifting

British Weight Lifting has announced a new partnership with Sportscover, which sees the specialist sports and leisure insurers named as the Official Insurance Partner for the national governing body. As part of the three year agreement, British Weight Lifting will offer its members exclusive insurance promotions with Sportscover and utilise the company’s channels for […]

Ali Jawad presented with UK Sport Inspirational Performance of the Year award

British Paralympic powerlifter Ali Jawad has been honoured with the UK Sport Inspirational Performance of the Year award at the British Ethnic Diversity Awards for his World Record breaking performance and gold medal at the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships. Ali secured his result in the men’s 59kg class having achieved an impressive 190kg lift […]

St Birinus wins Weightlifting League Final

St Birinus have capped off a successful season with a first place team finish at the recent Weightlifting League Final at Oldbury on Sunday 22 February. Having been the successful qualifiers of their regional heat in the South East, St Birinus faced Tonbridge in the regional decider to secure their place and subsequent victory […]

Student gym volunteers complete BWL coaching course

The team behind the gym at Harper Adams University has become the first group of university students in the UK to receive formal training from British Weightlifting (BWL). On November 19, the student volunteers from Harper Fitness plus student services officer for sports, societies and participation, Andy Jefferies, took part in a BWL course certifying […]

Golden Chance for new Talent

The second stage of the BWL Golden Chance Talent Testing campaign came to a close last month with over 150 young women taking part to see if they have the potential to win a medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Potentially gifted athletes signed up online to attend one of four testing days held at […]